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LM Patnaik obtained his PhD in the area of real-time systems  in 1978  and DSc in the areas of computer systems and architectures in 1989 both from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. During 1971-2011 he was on the faculty of the Indian Institute of Science engaged in teaching and research in the areas of computer science and engineering and real-time systems .His teaching and research interests have been in the areas of computer architecture, parallel and distributed computing including high-performance computing, soft computing including neural networks and evolutionary computation, computational neuroscience, theoretical  computer science,  computer cognition including artificial intelligence and machine learning. In these areas he has published over 1300 papers in refereed international journals, conference proceedings, book chapters, books and technical reports.

He has supervised over 30 Doctoral students and over 200 Masters's students in the above areas. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE,  Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and all the four leading  Science and Engineering Academies of India. As a   Founding Vice Chancellor of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, he had initiated a number of programs in the areas of nanotechnology and cyber security for defence applications. After his superannuation in 2011, he has been serving as an Honorary Professor with the Indian Institute of Science and Adjunct Professor, INSA Senior Scientist and Honorary Scientist with the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS).

Currently, he is a NASI Senior Scientist and Adjunct Professor with the NIAS. For his research contributions, he has been awarded over  30 Awards, notable among them is the IEEE Computer Society’s Technical Achievement Award . One of his papers on Adaptive Genetic Algorithms has been cited over 4000 times by Google Scholar. Other than his research interests, he has been spending substantial amount of his time in visiting a number of engineering colleges in the country to interact with faculty members and students, to organize conferences and deliver talks, primarily to improve the quality of Indian engineering education.

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Before enrolling as a research student, an engineer by profession, he has completed MTech in Microwave Engineering from IIT Delhi, Masters in Financial Management from JBIMS, Mumbai and M Sc (Defence and Strategic Studies) from Madras University.

He is an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College. He has an advanced diploma in Russian Language. He is an Adjunct Faculty with this institute. A submariner by profession, he has vast experience in the field of naval systems and technologies, projects and systems engineering. After more than three decades of service, he retired as a Commodore from the Indian Navy.

Ekasmayi Naresh is a PhD scholar at the School of Social Sciences.

She is working with Dr. Shalini Dixit and Dr. Debosree Banerjee. With a background in Psychology, her primary areas of interests include mental health and identity. Her doctoral research focuses on the experience of psychotherapy among people of marginalized sexual and gender identities. The research also looks at how psychotherapy is conceptualized in the work of mental health practitioners and in the education curricula of mental health services. Her work seeks to understand how the social context and membership to an identity group interact with disciplinary practices and application.

Prior to joining NIAS, Ekasmayi completed her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, in 2020. She graduated from Christ (deemed to be) University with a Bachelor’s in Psychology, Sociology and English Literature, in 2018. Professionally, she has worked as a researcher and mental health therapist for various public and private sector organizations.

Nitin Rawat is a Ph.D scholar at the school of Conflicts and security studies. His broad research interest lies in non-traditional security threats, human security, conflict transformation etc.

Before joining NIAS, Nitin has completed his M.Phil. in Political science from the Central university of Haryana. He also worked as Subordinate Officer in Sashastra Seema Bal, MHA. He is a recipient of UGC Junior Research Fellowship.

Ms. Aishwarya is currently pursuing her PhD in Heritage Science and Society Programme in School of Humanities at NIAS. She worked as Project Associate – I on Project “Exploring Medieval Coastline using Geospatial Analysis and Historical Records at NIAS. Prior to NIAS, Ms. Aishwarya worked as Researcher for Varaha Tech Labs, Delhi, and Archaeological Survey of India Jodhpur Circle. Ms. Aishwarya’s research interest lies in analysing imprints of Heritage using Geospatial Analysis.

She is also interested in Settlement Archaeology, Environmental Archaeology and Landscape Archaeology. She has participated in Archaeological excavations and explorations. Ms. Aishwarya has completed her M.Phil. from Deccan College, PGRI, Pune on topic “Reassessing Mesolithic Culture of South-eastern Rajasthan with special reference to Bhilwara District.” Her Master’s Degree is in Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology from Deccan College, PGRI, Pune.

Virain Mohan is a PhD scholar at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, under the guidance of Dr. Prakash Panneerselvan. Virain’s interest areas lie in maritime policy and area studies. Virain has completed his Master’s in International Studies from Christ University, Bangalore and Bachelor’s from D.A.V. College, Chandigarh.

Joyeeta Dey is currently enrolled as a PhD student in the School of Social Sciences, National Institute of Advanced Studies. She works in the field of sociology of education with special interest in the themes of globalisation, privatisation,  datafication,  digitalisation and automation. She has co-published on some of these themes with Critical Studies in Education, European Education Research Journal, Discourse and Routledge.  She was recently employed on a project on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Indigenous Language Education’ with University College London.

Her previous experience includes working as a research associate for i) the University of Melbourne on a RtE 12 (1) (C)  research project ii) d on a DFID-ESRC funded project titled Researching Accountability in School Education (RAISE) iii) with Deakin University on a research project on an Education-MIS in India iv) and with Pratichi Institute (now Amartya Sen Research Centre). She has Masters degrees in Sociology of Education (University College London) and Education Policies for Global Development (Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters Degree). 

Anjali Anil is a first-year Ph.D. Scholar at School of Social Sciences. Her broad areas of research interest lie in understanding and exploring the Gender aspects in Education. 

Anjali holds a Master of Arts from Tata Institute of Social Science in Education (2021) and a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (2019). She worked as a Project Associate for a brief period after her Master's. She cleared NTA-UGC JRF in Education in 2021. 

Chaithanya is a Ph.D. scholar at the School of Social Sciences.

Her broad research interest lies in Migration and Gender, Gender and Reproductive Health, Cultural studies and Motherhood studies. 

She completed her master's in Gender Studies from Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Chennai in 2020 and she holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Government Women's College Thiruvananthapuram, University of Kerala.  She cleared NTA-UGC JRF in Women Studies in 2020. 

Hashim Mohammed S is an interdisciplinary researcher currently enrolled as a Doctoral student in the School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, NIAS. His broad research interests lie in Invasion Ecology, Development Economics and Environmental Management.

He has completed his master's in Geography ( Center for the Study of Regional Development) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and he holds a bachelor's degree in Geography with Geology and Statistics from University of Kerala. He has cleared CSIR NET JRF in Earth Sciences with AIR 93(2016), UGC NET JRF in Geography with AIR 12 (2022), GATE in Geomatics Engineering  (2022) and Ecology and Evolution (2018).

He has done 34 online courses from various online platforms including Coursera, NPTEL, IIRS, GSI, Udemy etc. He is a student member of British Ecological Society and Geological Society of India.